Please Change Difficult Firefighting Terms to Easy Korean Words!
Fire Agency Collects Opinions from Nationwide Fire Departments from March to May, Decides on 13 Firefighting Purification Terms
Gyeongnam Fire Headquarters Produces Purification Terms Video Content and Promotes via Social Networking Services (SNS)
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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kang Sharon] The Gyeongnam Fire Headquarters has actively launched a campaign to improve firefighting terminology.
Firefighting terms were often created from Sino-Korean words and loanwords, making them difficult to use in the field and hard for the public to understand.
Accordingly, the National Fire Agency collected firefighting terms needing improvement from fire agencies nationwide from March to May, and after review, decided on a total of 13 simplified terms.
To promote the use of these 13 simplified terms, the Gyeongnam Fire Headquarters produced reenactment-style video content in July and distributed it through social networking service channels (SNS channels).
They recommended the use of simplified terms in official documents and work reports, and normalized their use in areas with frequent contact with residents, such as policy promotion, safety education, and training, thereby enhancing understanding and communication of firefighting policies with easy-to-understand terminology.
On October 9, in celebration of 'Hangul Day,' they will solicit firefighting terms that need simplification from residents and firefighters via the Gyeongnam Fire SNS (Instagram) for review.
The firefighting terms submitted through the contest will be forwarded to the National Fire Agency for review in the second firefighting terminology improvement project.
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Heo Seok-gon, head of the Gyeongnam Fire Headquarters, said, “We will continue to promote the ‘firefighting terminology simplification project’ to strengthen communication during field activities and help residents understand policies by using easy firefighting terms.”
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